Meddler for Hire

Updated Dec. 5, 2000 11:59 p.m. ET

By Ira Stoll and Seth Lipsky. Mr. Stoll is a contributor to OpinionJournal.com and editor of Smartertimes.com . Mr. Lipsky is a contributing editor of The Wall Street Journal. His column appears Wednesdays. This commentary also appeared on OpinionJournal.com.

S ecretary of State Madeleine Albright startled some of her interlocutors when, in her conference call with Jewish leaders last week, she mentioned in passing that Europeans and Russians were wondering what role Bill Clinton might play in the Middle East peace...